Donate to Let People Vote – Reject R-88 Campaign! The secretary of state certified Referendum Measure 88 (R-88) for the November ballot on August 7, 2019, after finding through a random sample verification that R-88 sponsors had submitted 184,239 valid signatures. To qualify for the ballot, 129,811 valid signatures were required. R-88, the vote on… Read More »
National Association of Scholars (NAS) has been a strong supporter of Reject R-88 campaign. Not only they worked to bring national attention to the fight to protect equality for all in Washington, but also they called on their members to provide much needed financial support in October. We are grateful to have such a national… Read More »
Crosscut published Glenn Nelson’s racist op-ed towards Chinese Americans on October 8th, 2019. Glenn’s op-ed was crazy and insulting. After our protest through social media and email, Mason Bryan of Crosscut offered below: “I also want to offer you the opportunity to share your own thoughts on the affirmative action debate, either in our comment… Read More »
On Wednesday, August 7th, the Secretary of State certified Referendum Measure 88 (R-88) for the November general election. “We set a record for number of signatures backing a referendum measure,” said Linda Yang, head of Washington Asians for Equality. “And this is the first time in Washington State’s history and in this country’s history that… Read More »
If you have collected signatures for R-88, please provide your feedbacks. It is very important that we capture as many feedbacks as possible. So please also share with people you know that helped collect R-88 signatures. Thank you!
Let People Vote campaign submitted 215,765 signatures to the Secretary of State by July 27th, the last day to turn in R-88 signatures. “We set a record for number of signatures backing a referendum measure.” Said Linda Yang, head of Washington Asians for Equality. “And this is also the first time in Washington State’s, or… Read More »
A Guest Post by a Member and past Chair of Washington State Veterans Bar Association (WSVBA) The passage of Initiative 1000 is a slap in the face to Veterans, their survivors and partners because it eliminates veterans preference in public employment that has been provided in Washington State since 1895. See RCW 41.04.010 and 73.16.010.… Read More »
“Let People Vote” PAC has been formed to drive the Referendum Measure 88 campaign. You can donate online
Initiative 1000 seeks to repeal Washington Civil Rights Act (I-200) and was enacted by the Legislature on the last day of the session in order to deny a public vote on the matter. Referendum Measure 88 has been filed to put that choice where it really belongs – in the hands of the people. Referendum… Read More »
Get the pdf file: I-1000 Flyer.